Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen the wormwood trilogy

Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen the wormwood trilogyDriven by her family's devastating losses, Congolese expatriate Francisca Thelin embarks, with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon, on a perilous journey back to her beloved homeland, now under the shadow of one of Africa's most feared militias Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. With gunmen camped at the edge of town, Francisca is forced to face a paralyzing clash between her life in America and her family's rapidly evaporating world and the

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a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair compensation to coal miners stricken with the illness

The last thing she expects is to be taken in by a coven of three witches: soft-spoken Greta

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affect the long-run path of development in a society and have had wide social

Each encounters an unexpected mystical gift

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